Work Experience Assistant

Company description:

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Job description:

The Role

The Student Success Unit is responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of an outstanding and distinctive student experience so that students have a high-quality University experience.

As part of Student Success, the Careers Service supports all students and recent graduates towards a positive graduate outcome.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Work Experience and Graduate Opportunities Team at Newcastle University. You will work with regional, national and international organisations looking to raise their brand awareness on campus and recruit our students and graduates.

This post takes a leading role in organising the administrative workload for our graduate recruitment activity. You will manage registrations and vacancy approvals to our careers portal, ensuring students have access to a wide range of opportunities. The post holder will need excellent attention to detail and organisational skills to manage demand at peak times.

As part of the Work Experience Team you will provide comprehensive administrative and customer support to the Service's work experience programmes. This includes, but is not limited to student employment on campus, work experience schemes, vacancy coordination, student and recruiter liaison, assignment briefings, event attendance and support, and the coordination and dissemination of wide-ranging information.

You will be a first point of contact for employer queries, promoting the options available to connect with our students and graduates, including events, fairs and advertising vacancies. Good customer service and communication skills are essential for the role.

You will support online and in-person employer events, including our graduate recruitment fairs. Liaising with employers for bookings and queries and supporting the delivery and management of events on the day. A good team player, you will be confident working in a busy and fast-paced role.

You will also support the coordination of our annual submissions for the global QSA survey, which is a key indicator of the University's performance in the higher education sector. You will work with teams across the University, ensuring that data is collected to deadlines.

This is a full time, permanent position.

Further information about Newcastle University Careers Service & the services we offer to employers are available at Recruitment support for organisations | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)

Interviews will take place on 22nd April 2024.

For informal enquiries about this role please contact Kathryn Pickup, Employer Liaison Adviser, kathryn.pickup@ncl.ac.uk or Gemma Bolam, Information and Insights Team Manager, gemma.bolam@ncl.ac.uk. 

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